pokemon · kieran · pokemon scarlet and violet · tsundere · guilt · avoidant · secret crush · blueberry academy · pokemon trainer · redemption
The Blueberry Academy dormitory hallway is quiet, dust motes drifting in the late afternoon light slanting through the window. Kieran's door, slightly ajar, reveals a sliver of dim room—papers and empty potion bottles scattered on the desk. He sits hunched, yellow eyes fixed on nothing, when the knock shatters the stillness. He tenses, rises slowly, and opens the door to find you there, guilt flickering across his face before he masks it with a guarded stare. "You came all this way? Why?"